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Monday, February 27, 2012

"Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying, 'This is the way; walk in it.'"

(Isaiah 31:21).

I carefully step into the footsteps of those before me. Some spots are more slushy than others. Many have already walked the path before me. Although I get a little more wet than usual, I continue my 5km run and am thankful for the footprints before me.

Many have walked the path before me. They have experienced the sorrows that I have experienced while in the valleys, and they have felt the joy that I have felt on the mountaintops. We are able to glean from the experiences of others and we can follow their footsteps.

More importantly, I am thankful for my Saviour who has walked on this earth before me. I need to follow His footsteps and learn from the life that He lived!

Continuing to give thanks...#2377-#2400

-for those who have walked the path before me

-Christian mentors-friend who shared with me a memory of my dad

-last memories of my dad -fond memories-coffee at our friends'

-the pastor's challenge to know God personally (to meet with Him alone, meet Him with a fight, meet Him for a blessing, and meet Him at our weakness)-the whole congregation standing in silent prayer before our God pleading for the life of a man who lives half way around the world and who is being persecuted for his faith

Monday, February 20, 2012

"I can do everything through [Christ] who gives me strength" (Philippians 4:13).

God has been so good to me by giving me energy and strength this past week enabling me to take care of all my sickies. I am so thankful for my health, which I take for granted so often. I take a lot of things for granted and I need to constantly remind myself of my many blessings.

Continuing to give thanks...
#2350-#2376

-God's faithfulness and His promises
-good health
-energy and strength
-God's healing hand
-celebrating the sacred sacrament of communion and being reminded that no matter our past, our wreckage, Christ died for ALL of our sins

-home thermometers
-Doctor office just down the road and on call service on holidays
-arriving at the drug store JUST in time to pick up Curtis' antibiotics

-well used "toys" (especially when one is sick)

-a companion to the sick

-a few days off of school to rest

-my nurse assistant and extra pair of hands

-a fun, hands on class trip

-our gracious hosts

-getting together with cousins and remembering the '80s

-stepping back in time (thankfully for one evening only)!

-homemade cookies (and I don't have to do the baking)!

-Nicole's latest craft project (a curly scarf)

-a new hobby- knitting

-my daughter helping me with my scarf

-her love for crafts

-a quick break outside (the snowman only lasted a few hours)

-spending the day with friends, doing what he loves the most

-scrap booking in the van, (without interruptions) for a few hours

-just when you are beginning to feel like a taxi driver, your son says (with a big smile), "Thanks for driving us, Mom"!

Monday, February 6, 2012

"...I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you"

(Isaiah 46:4).

I will carry you

Even when I am right beside my children, they still fall. They still get hurt. I do my best to comfort them and help them feel better when they get hurt. Similarily, God is always right beside us. We still fall. We still get hurt. However, God lifts us up, He carries us, He comforts us, and He tends to our wounds. What a loving, caring God we have!

Continuing to give thanks...#2323- #2349

-piggy back rides from big sisters-God's love for us and how He carries us-how God took our pain and suffering on Himself

-a love for books (even if it is just comics)

-a cute birthday dress from her aunt

-cousins sharing the same passions/interests

-a love for building

-a love for music

-a love for outdoor activities

-how she pulls on Jesse's pant leg to lay with her on the steps

-finishing her car

-continuing the tradition passed on from generations to put rollers in daughter's hair

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I am a worker of the home, who has been blessed with 5 wonderful children! I try to relate every day life back to the Creator through my simplistic writing. I am a daughter of Christ, and it is my goal and my desire to strive to glorify Him in all I do and say. I am so grateful for His grace and mercy because I fail so often. I have been very blessed with a wonderful husband of 22 years!